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fusco ; subtus ferrugineo flavoque variis, posticis strigis duabus ci- 

 nereis : habitat in America." 



Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 117. n. 519 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 67. 

 n. 640 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. iii. pp. 274, 275, n. 56, 62 (1793). 



c?, Kio Napo; $ , Ega, Upper Amazons. (Obtained 1851, col- 

 lected by H. W. Bates, Esq.) B.M. 



Family IV. PAPILIONID.E (Doubl.), Bates, 

 Journal of Entomology, p. 219, December 1861. 



Subfamily I. PIERIN^, Bates, 

 Journal of Entomology, p. 220, December 1861. 



Genus 1. PIERIS, Schrank. 

 Fauna Boica, ii. 1. p. 152 (1801). 



1. Pieris Crataegi. 



Papilio (P.) Cratsegi, Linnaeus, " alis rotundatis, albis, venis 



nigris : habitat " 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 466. n. 101 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. p. 35. 

 n. 149 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 17. n. 171 (1787) ; Ent. Syst. 

 iii. p. 182. n. 563 (1793). 



Germany. (Obtained from Herr J. J. Becker) B.M. 



This species, though local in England, abounds all over the Con- 

 tinent ; it flies rapidly in open country. 



There are two discoloured specimens of P. Cratcegi in the Banksian 

 Collection in the British Museum. 



2. Pieris Monuste. 



3 . Papilio (D. C.) Monuste, Linnceus, " alis rotundatis, integer- 

 rimis, albis, margine fusco : habitat in America." 



$ . Papilio (D. C.) Phileta, Fabricius, " alis integerrimis, rotun- 

 datis, griseis ; anticis supra albis, apice fuscis : habitat in America." 

 Fabricius, Syst. Ent. pp. 470, 471, n. 117, 119 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. 

 p. 41. n. 168, 171 (1781) ; Mant. Ins. p. 19. n. 191, 194 

 (1787); Ent. Syst. iii. pp. 189, 190, n. 585, 590 (1793). 



Jamaica. (Obtained 1845, from Mr. Gosse) B.M. 



Frequents cultivated places, according to Mr. Bates (Journ. 

 Entom. December 1861). 



There is one discoloured male of P. Monuste in the Banksian Col- 

 lection in the British Museum. Cramer's figure of the species is 

 scarcely recognizable. 



